‘We Have to Stand Together’: Australian Leaders Voice Support for Jewish Community

“The images we are seeing from Israel strike at every human heart but I know they fall heaviest on the Australian Jewish community.”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a visit to the St Kilda Shule in Melbourne, Australia on Oct. 11, 2023. AAP Image/James Ross

Leaders from both sides of Australian politics have voiced their support for the Jewish community following the attacks by the terrorist group Hamas in Israel.

Speaking at a Melbourne synagogue on Oct. 11, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the terror attacks, saying that the targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages was “an affront to all Australians.”